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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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